Chapter 131 Meat Grinder (Medium)

"flat!"

A muffled sound like the sky collapsed and the earth cracked sounded from the ground. At this moment, the entire Datong City was trembling violently. After a deafening loud noise, a section in the middle of the Datong East Wall suddenly arched upwards, and then collapsed to both sides, forming a gap of more than ten meters wide.

The broken bricks and mud in the gap fell down into the city, forming a gentle slope about five meters high. Although the bumpy broken walls could stop the sprint of war horses, they could no longer stop the climb of infantry. The majestic Datong City Wall finally became a smooth road in front of Jiannu.

Before the smoke and dust were gone, the three thousand elites of the two yellow flags rushed towards the gap under the leadership of Baiyintu and Oboi. Before the Datong border troops guarding the city wall could come back from the huge shock, deafening howling sounds sounded outside the city. When they looked back quickly, countless Jiannu gathered into a huge yellow wave, sweeping towards the gap.

The Datong border army guarding the city wall was in an instant.

"Jiannu is here!"

"Shoot the arrows, shoot me quickly..."

"Master, the city wall has collapsed, Datong is over, it's all..."

"Shut up, dare to talk nonsense and disturb the morale of the army again, I will kill you alive!"

The sound of scolding, crying, trembling bowstrings, and crazy howlings intertwined the city walls. These Datong border troops were like the defenders before the city was captured, making the final dying struggle in despair. In their opinion, the Battle of Datong's defense was over, and with the collapse of the city wall, everything was over.

However, is it really over?

Almost as the three thousand Jiannu of the two yellow flags began to attack, the black Ming official army suddenly appeared behind the broken walls and quickly entered behind the low walls built in advance. The Ming army had a total of 2,500 people. In addition to the two thousand-man teams of Tang Sheng, there were also Xiao Qi's five hundred teams of five hundred teams.

In fact, only one hundred musketeers were needed to completely block the gap that was only about ten feet wide. Therefore, five hundred musketeers were enough to block the gap with continuous firepower. However, Wang Pu would never underestimate Jiannu's determination to break the city. Since the gap had exploded, Jiannu would never give up without breaking into the city.

Once Jiannu started attacking, he would inevitably go into the army without any hesitation. Although only five hundred musketeers could lock the gap for a while, they could not hold it for too long, because after the Ming army's muskets fired continuously, the barrel of the gun would heat up and expand, the shooting accuracy would be greatly reduced, and it might even explode.

Therefore, Wang Pu must prepare sufficient troops to rotate to ensure the continuity of firepower. Wang Pu deliberately turned this gap into a meat grinder for slaughtering Jiannu.

If Jiannu was determined to enter the city through the gap, it would have hit Wang Pu's mind. Although Jiannu had at least 150,000 troops, the defenders in the city had at least 100,000 rounds of ammunition and more than 10,000 Dragon King cannons. With these firepower and the natural slaughterhouse in the gap, although it was not enough to slaughter all Jiannu, it was enough to make Jiannu lose the courage to attack.

Wang Pu didn't believe it. After Jiannu paid more than 50,000 casualties in this gap, they still had the determination and courage to continue attacking. Jiannu was not the Ming Dynasty after all. They did not have hundreds of millions of people and never had an endless source of troops. The real Jiannu army had only 60,000 at most, and one would die less!

"Ah..."

The smoke and dust in the gap had just faded, and he could win the power of the bear. Aobai, known as the number one warrior of Jiannu, had already rushed to the gap with the first batch of 50 Jiannu. The two yellow flags were worthy of being the elite among Jiannu. They all looked tall and big. The fifty Jiannu behind Aobai were even more elite among the elite.

Jiannu was determined to win this battle, so he did not send the Eight Banners of the Han Army or the Eight Banners of the Mongolian Army to consume the spirit of the defenders as before. Instead, he directly sent the most elite two yellow flags from the beginning. Of course, this is related to Dorgon's intentional weakening of the two yellow flags.

"Warriors of the Two Yellow Flags!" Oboi straightened his burly body, holding up the sabre. He didn't even look at the Ming army who was already waiting for the battle in front of him, and turned to the fifty elites behind him. He was crawling on the broken walls and the fierce beards on his face, and his thunderous sound was roaring up and down the city. "I cut down these Southern Ming barbarians, and we will be happy to be in Datong City tonight..."

"Aoha."

“Wow.”

“Wow…”

All the two yellow flag warriors who heard Oboi roared loudly, and their eyes were full of greed and lustful light. Of course, they knew what Oboi meant by happiness, which meant that they could snatch treasures and rape women at will, and they would do whatever they wanted.

Women and money are always the most powerful tools that arouse people's desires. Rape and plunder are even more common for the barbaric Jiannu. For these savage life fans, if they win a battle, they will not rob or rape women, that is not called victory at all. Money and women will always be the spoils they yearn for the most.

"kill!"

Oboi lifted the saber in his hand forward, strode away and rushed down the gentle slope formed by the broken walls. Fifty warriors in the yellow flags immediately behind him also waved their sabers and rushed down excitedly, almost biting the butts of the fifty elites in the yellow flags. Baiyintu also rushed up the gentle slope with the fifty elites in the yellow flags.

Inside the broken walls and behind the low walls.

The first team of 100 musketeers were ready for battle. One hundred muskets had been mounted on the low wall. The black muzzle was slightly raised, aiming at Jiannu who was rushing down the broken wall. The low wall was only twenty steps away from the gap in the city wall, and it was already within the range of the musket.

At such a close distance, the musketeer behind the short wall could almost hit Jiannu's body directly with his eyes closed.

Almost as Obai danced his sword down, the first team of the boss waved the waist knife in his hand coldly and shouted: "Let's fire!"

"Boom boom boom..."

The smoke filled the gunshots, and the deafening gunshots suddenly rang through the sky. The fifty yellow-flagged Jiannu rushed down the sword and almost fell on the broken wall at the same time. At least twenty of them were shot directly into the vital points and killed on the spot. Although the other twenty people did not hit the vital points, they were seriously injured and could no longer move.

Only two Jiannu were not shot, but were tripped by his fallen companions. Because they rushed too hard, they immediately fainted.

Aobai rushed to the front and was given the focus of the Ming army's musketeers. At least three lead bullets shot into his broad chest at the same time, and one lead bullet directly hit his eyebrows. The scorching lead bullet penetrated his head, then broke out from the back of his head, and took away a large skull.

Baiyintu, who had just rushed up to the broken wall, happened to see this bloody scene. Although Oboi was shot several times, he did not fall down immediately. However, the back of his head had been completely removed, and the brain and blood inside were dripping down. Their feelings were simply indescribable.

Bai Yintu has been through the battlefield for a long time. There are hundreds of people who died under his knife, which can be considered as killing people, but suddenly I saw this bloody scene and couldn't help but bend down and retching.

The subsequent Jiannu of the Two Yellow Banners was not affected by this scene, and continued to rush forward with howling because the gap was less than ten feet wide. At most, forty or fifty people could only pass through the gap at the same time, so Jiannu of the Two Yellow Banners could only pass through the gap in batches, continuously rushing inside, and this was simply to send it to the door to massacre the Ming army musketeers!

"The second team...prepared."

"Open fire!"

The second team of Ming army commanded the general, and another deafening gunshot sounded. Balls of gunpowder rose up in front of the Ming army again. Fifty Zhenghuang Banners who rushed down the gap with the Baiyintu fell into the pool of blood, and Baiyintu, who were lying on the ground and retching, were also not spared.

Two lead bullets directly penetrated Baiyintu's body, and one of them shot through his heart. Baiyintu died on the spot.

"Ao haha..."

Amid the sound of overwhelming shouts, another group of Jiannu crossed the gap. Waving his sabers to rush down, balls of gunpowder rose again in front of the Ming army formation, and scorching lead bullets came with a shrill roar, easily shooting through the mail on Jiannu's body, splattering blood and screaming in succession.

The murderous Jiannu immediately collapsed softly on the broken walls and turned into lifeless corpses. The injured and not yet died lying in a pool of blood, wailing in pain. They climbed the broken walls desperately to climb back outside the city, but the subsequent Jiannu rushed up like a tide, trampling them ruthlessly under their feet...

The Datong border troops guarding the broken wall were completely shocked. They had never seen such a war!

Jiannu was howling like a tiger, rushing upwards, but fell down one by one under the intensive shooting of the firearms battalion. In less than a quarter of an hour, the broken walls were filled with Jiannu's corpses, and at least more than 500 Jiannu had become dead souls under the guns of the Ming arms battalion.

The strong smell of blood began to spread in the air. The border soldiers who had fought with the thieves were better, but the newly recruited Minzhuang were all lying on the ground and retching hard. The pungent smell and the tragic scene, and few new soldiers on the battlefield could be calm.

Massacre, this is a complete massacre!

The Ming government army, where they have always been slaughtered, became butchers this time, and Jiannu, who was always butchers, became the targets of slaughter. Due to the death of Oboi and Baiyintu, the three thousand Jiannu of the two yellow flags lost their effective command. They could only mechanically execute one order - break through the gap and go into the city!

The three thousand Jiannu from the two yellow flags continued to fight to the guns of the Ming army's musketeers. Jiannu, who had already prepared close-up skills, did not even bring a bow and arrow. Naturally, there was no way to cause any damage to the Ming army, because they had no chance to rush to the Ming army.

Outside Datong City.

Dorgon and Yue Tuo stood on a hill outside the east gate and watched the battle from afar, accompanied by Ganglin, Tong Yangxing, Fan Wencheng and other ministers of Manchu and Han dynasties. Because Datong was a town, Dorgon and others were afraid of red barbarian cannons on the top of the city, so they did not dare to get too close to the city wall to avoid being killed by the Ming army's cannons.

The moment the Datong city wall was blown open, everyone, including Dorgon, couldn't help but cheer, thinking that they were sure to win, because in all previous battles, the city wall had never been blown up but could not take the city. With the powerful attack power of the Eight Banners Army, the Ming army, which had lost the city wall, wasn't it the lamb to be slaughtered by others?

But this time, Dorgon and the others were wrong, and they were ridiculously wrong.

Because it was not someone else who guarded Datong, but Wang Pu, Jiannu should have been alert to the Ming army's firearms camp, because in Liaodong, Wang Pu's family team once defeated the Mongolian cavalry with fewer firearms, and without any suspense, slaughtered the two hundred personal guards of the slave chief Huang Taiji. They were the most elite warriors among the eight banners of Jiannu, but they also had no power to resist under the shooting of Ming arms.

Unfortunately, Jiannu did not take it as a warning at all. Their understanding of Ming arms was still based on their previous understanding, and it did not change because of the fall of Shengjing and the capture of Huang Taiji.
Chapter completed!